Tooth fairy, tooth fairy… Someone’s been waiting. Shaky tooth up. Shaky tooth down. Discomfort is… all around. But we’ve got a wonderful dentist friend who tells him, “Don’t worry. It’s because your adult tooth is coming out. Everything looks great and you’ve got nothing…
During the long weekend that was the Good Friday weekend that was in April, we did the crazy spontaneous. We booked a budget flight and got onto to the plane, away to KL for a 1D1N. Yes, we left the country for a one-day-one-night…
Being the firstborn almost always automatically means that there are more expectations of you than your siblings. You are expected to share. To be obedient. To set an example. To be sensible. To understand. At least that’s what I went through as a firstborn.…
This post first appeared in: http://lego.featured.yahoo.com/post/115820751901/building-sibling-relationships [The pictures in Yahoo Asia features me with the kids; the pictures used here in my blog depict the entire BUILD process.] It’s finally possible. A year ago it would have been nearly impossible for my three children to sit around…
I’ve never really had a problem getting my children to love reading. I’ve written about how to raise a reader in earlier posts here, here and here and I’m all for surrounding my children with books, books and more books, as well as reading to…
I’ve been running round with a cape trying my best to be supermom ever since the year started and I can only say the road ahead will only get tougher for this super-tired mom. At this point of my life I am trying to…
Ever since I had eyebrow embroidery done, my life’s changed for the better. My eyebrows are now fuller and more well-defined, and my embroidered brows frame my face in a way that accentuates my eyes. So how has life changed for the better? Well,…
I turn a year older today, and as usual, birthdays put me in a pensive mode. Turning a year older when you were younger was always an exciting affair. Who’ll remember my birthday? Am I going to get cake? Oooh, presents! Oh yes, party!…
As a hands-on and unashamed helicopter mom, I micromanage 30 fingernails, 30 toenails and 3 sets of 20 baby teeth. This is a job I am proud of. I never outsource the cleaning and maintenance of these body parts of my children (well, almost…
If you grew up in Singapore, you would have met Singa the Courtesy Lion. In fact, I’m going to show off here on my own blog to say that I was once chosen to wear the ‘kindness badge’ that’s got Singa on it in…